Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...

Within 40 minutes, a dire alert: “LEAVE NOW.” But neighborhoods in western Altadena did not see the same urgency, as evacuation orders didn’t arrive until early the following morning ...

Martinez refinery workers return to work after gas-leak explosion and fire The map above shows the mandatory evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. By 10 p.m ...

(AP video: Eugene Garcia and Ethan Swope) More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los ...

The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City Council and Justice LA posted to social media advocating for the evacuation of Pitchess inmates. "We demand that the Los Angeles ...

“None of us got a red (mandatory evacuation) alert before we felt ready to leave our houses,” he told CNN Wednesday. “You know, we felt heat and fire and that trumps any alert. So a lot of ...

The Sepulveda Fire burning near the 405 freeway on Jan. 23 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images ...

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze, which officials named the Hughes Fire, was first reported ...

7 and the first evacuation warnings went into place for the east side of Lake Avenue within two hours. Hurricane-force gusts spread the fire quickly from the mountain side to the neighborhoods below.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A large brush fire that erupted near Interstate 5 in Castaic has burned more than 10,000 acres, causing several evacuation orders and warnings Wednesday morning.